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>      If you are using a program written for DOS which seems to use the text-mode but
      doesn't display the text properly, you can try the other VGA BIOS, either
      <TT
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>VGABIOS-elpin-2.40</TT
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      see the <A
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>      <IMG
SRC="../images/undercon.png"> Maybe it is a bug in the LGPL VGA BIOS, but for now, it seems to work.
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